Fastening for air-brake pressure valves



Aug. 24 1926 L 'A. HOERR F'AS'IIFJN IIIHG FDR AIR BRAKE PRESSURE VALVES Filed O t. 10, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR L.,A.HOERR BY WW Aug 24 1926. 1,597,659

. V L. A. HOE-RR FASTENING FOR AIR BRAKE PRESSURE VALVES Filed ot. 10,' 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.5.

INVENTOR A.HOERR ATTORN Patented Aug. a, 1926.

lifil') STATES PATENT oFFlca.

11671153 13.. HOERR, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOUR1 ASSIGNOR TO RAILWAY DEVICES COM- BANK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISQQURI, A. OORIEfORATION OF MISSOURI.

FASTENING FOB AIR-BRAKE PRESSURE VALVES.

Application filed October 10, 1925. Serial 1T0. 81,8.

My invention relates to'afastening for air brake pressure valves, and'fiarticularly to such a; fastening in the. form of a bracket adapted to be secured to the end of arailway car.. The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this class which will accommodate valves in which the distance between the lug holes varies appreciably and which will. also allow of the necessary vertical adjustment of the valve. ji

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate two forms of fastening device made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the device in position on a railway car; Figure 2 is a side elevation; Figure 3 is a detail view of the supporting plate alone; Figure 4 is a side view showing a modification; and Figure 5 2 having formed therein bolt holes forsecurcar. The supporting plate is formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form two parts, 7 and 8 respectively, lying in different planes. 'Formed in the part 7 are a pair of holes 9 through which pass bolts 10 or other fastening means by which the said part 7 is secured against the end of a car 11. The part 8 is provided with a pair of vertical slots 12 for thereception of bolts 13 adapted to engage the holes in the valve lugs 6 which are clamped .in position'against the part 8 by nuts 14 on the bolts. These slots 12 are of greater width than the diamvalves of various typeshaving different dis tances between the holes in the lugs. On this account it is necessary to place washers 15 around the bolts behind the plate 8.

In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings I have shown in full lines a type of valve 5 havin maximum distance between the holes 1n the lugs 6, and in broken lines a typeof valve 16 having minimum distance between the holes in the lugs 17. The width of the slots thus adapts the device to differis a front view of the form shown in Fig-- ing the device in position on the end of a being separated by bending to forni eter of the bolts 13' so as to accommodate ent types of valve, while the length of the slots compensates for the varying height of the valves caused by varying engagement of the same with the air pipe 18 to which it is attached, or any other reason.

Figures 4- and 5 illustrate a modification adapted to be used in connection with cars having corrugated. ends. In this modificat10n the supporting plate 19 lies in a single plane but is otherwise similar to the supporting plate above described being provided with holes 9 for rivets 20 to secure it to the corrugated end 21 of the car, and with slots 12 to receive the bolts 13. It will be seen that in this construction space for the heads of the bolts 13 is secured by the bending of the car end away from the supporting plate rather than by the bending of the plate away from the end as in the form first described.

Having fully described my invention. what I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting plate adapted to be secured to a car end, said plate and car end being separated by bonding to form a bolt pocket, said supporting plate being provided with means for attaching a pressure valve thereto, said means bein arranged-t0 accommodate varying bolt ho e relatin'ns in the valve lugs and to permit vertical adjustment of the valve.

2. A device of the class described comprising a supporting plate adapted to be secured to a car end, said plate and fear end a bolt pocket, said supporting platsbeing p1tovided with a pair of closed vertical slots; and bolts passing through said slots and securing a pressure valvein position, the width 7 of said slots being suificient to accommodate valves having varying distances between their lug ho es. I

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aifix my 95 signature, this 6th day of October, 1925. 

